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Charles E. Phelps is University Professor and Provost Emeritus at the University of Rochester.
Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
How Did we Get into this Mess, and Why Will It Get Worse? | p. 1 |
When is Less Insurance Better than More? | p. 31 |
How Does Good Technology Go Bad? A Tale of Two Cities (and More) | p. 49 |
Why is the Employer-Paid Foundation of Health Insurance Riddled with Termites? | p. 73 |
Do Dollars Distort Doctor's Decisions? | p. 87 |
Why are We all Killing Ourselves? | p. 105 |
Why is Our K-12 Educational System a Public Health Menace? | p. 125 |
Where Does the Congress Miss Opportunities and Hit Potholes? | p. 139 |
References | p. 145 |
About the Author | p. 151 |
About the Hoover Institution's Working Group on Health Care Policy | p. 152 |
Index | p. 153 |
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